Shoulder strap



l ...,,..SHOUEDER TRAP Filed July 21, 1924 MVENTOR A TTORNEY `PatentedJune 30, 1925.

ANNETTE FBIDOLBH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHOULDER STRAP.

Applieation led July 21, 1924. Serial No. 727,235.

To all whom it may concern;

Be .it known that I, ANNE'rrn FRrDoLrH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson-and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoulder Straps;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the' accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification. I t

This invention relates to,underg'arments and particularly toundergarments which are supported by shoulder straps. The termundergarment is used to designate any garv ment heid up by shoulderstraps.

The shoulder straps on garments such as brassires, costume slips,athletic waists, corselets and the like become soiled more quickly thanthe rest of the garment. It is almost impossible to launder the garmentsespeeially the corselet and costume slips as often necessary to keep theshoulder straps clean.

The shoulder straps on any undergarment usually wear out or become fadedbefore the rest of the garment is worn out. Also it is often desirableto wear shoulder straps con-A forming to the color of the outergarments. Therefore I have provided a removable shoulder strap which maybe interchangeably connected to the undergarments thus enabling thewearer to provide shoulder straps of any desired color and to removethem quickly and easily for the purpose of laundering or to replace themfor new ones.

A detachable shoulder strap should be capable of being attached to andremoved from the garment without the necessity of einploying buttons,hooks -and eyes or the like which are objectionable for many reasons,chiefest of which is that buttons are uncomfortable, unsightly and areeasily torn from the dainty fabric in the laundry. Hooks and eyes rustand stain the fabric so I haye provided a flexible shoulder strap with atransversely stillened end adapted to pass through an opening in thegarment and to lie crosswjse of the opening either in the garment or inthe shoulder strap so that a connection will be made. The stifl'ened endmay be 'detached from the garment proper so that the shoulder strap canbe easily removed to permit substitution of another stra or for thepurplose of laundering and the li e.

-T e v invention will be more thoroughly comprehended by reference tothe following description Vin connection with the accompanying drawings,in which Flg. 1 is a perspective view of a shoulder strap constructed inaccordance with my invention. l 'i Fig 2. is-a perspective view showingthe invention applied.

Fig. -3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the reverse side of thegarment showing the shoulder strap applied, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary View of a modified form. 1

The undergarment 1 is provided with deta- "able shoulder straps 2 and 3.The garment may be provided with four openings, or eyelets 4. These maybe made in any way, the convenient form being to make the opening andbind the edge with button hole stitching. Vhile only two of the eyeletsor openings 4 are shown, it is obvious that similar openings .will be atthe back of the garment. 'lhe shoulder straps 2 and 3 are each made offlexible material, preferably of tape, ribbon or the like. i

The ends of the shoulder straps are bent back at 6 and 7 to formre-enforcing ends, the 'double thicknesses (3 and 7 being stitched toprovide thestiil'ened ends. The ends are stiffened transverselypreferably by `introducing a thin non-eorrodible insert 8 so that whenthe insert is stitched in place, the end of the shoulder strap will bestiff enough to resist bending.

The inserts may consist of bone or other suitable material havingdiameters less than the openings 4 so that the ends of the` shoulderstraps can be passed through the openings 4. The stifl'ened portions canthen be turned so that they lie erosswiseof the openings 4 so that theshoulder strap will be securely attached. The lengths of the reenforcedportions areA at all times greater than thev diameters of the openings4. The shoulder straps can be readily detached from the body of theundergarmentby turning the thickenedportions so that they may beslippedthrough the openings 4.

Different colored shoulder straps may be intel-changed from time to timeto suit conditions and .it will be apparent that the fastening -meanscontains no material which will be objectionabl(` tothe body of thepermg covered-by a trimming such as auro-A sette 13 andI a streamer 14.f i prefer the construction 'shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, however. A

What I claim land desire to secure by Letters-Patent is j- Incombination, anlunder-garment having a plurality of round holestherein,detachable shoulder straps for'the under-garinent,

eoh shoulder strap' comprising a flexible elongated memberhaving'stiffenedends in- 11 cludmg folded back portions secfureotogether, said ends insertableyin theopenings and lying across the 0nings when the l shoulder straps are in p ace, he ien th of eachstien'ed portonkbeing apprecia excess of the diameter of the opening.

l In testimony whereof I'aix my signature.

. ANNETTE FRIDoLPi-.

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